Monthly Newsletters and Troubleshooting Tips
This section is devoted to the many issues that seem to pop up at various
wastewater treatment plants.
There are always issues that are specific to each industry, each type of
process equipment and geographical and environmental issues.
We will try to cover as many topics as possible and as often as each topic arises. We have on
file over 11 gigabytes of training and troubleshooting information, so if there
is a specific issue that is troubling your plant and you would like to see it
answered here or by email, feel free to drop us a line and let us know!
Oh no all my bugs are
dead
Oh no, my nitrifiers
are dead and I am not getting nitrification!
Duckweed, what is all the green stuff on my pond
Solid Grease build-up in my
lift stations
Toxicity
Clarifier Optimization
BOD vs. COD
Zooglea
Denitrification-Gassification
I need to get rid of
Grease in my lift Station
All foam is not alike
I do not have
filamentous bacteria at my plant!
How do I know what my floc is supposed to look
like
How Critical are the "Critical 5 plus
one"
Summer
Wastewater Treatment Operational Problems
The Use of Selectors for Filamentous
control
Stains, what to use and
where to find them
New Plant Start-ups: foaming and
other problems
Why you should do a Total Nitrogen
Balance
Cold Weather Problems with Wastewater
Treatment Plants
What is Polysaccharide
coating and what can it tell me about my biomass?
Tetrads or Cyanobacteria that
cause Total Suspended Solids problems in lagoons
Amines in my Influent- Municipal Plants
How do I know if I have
stained the filaments correctly or have identified the correct filament?
Troubleshooting a Lagoon System
Primary Clarifiers-
Problem Areas
How do I evaluate biological products
from one supplier to another?
What are Micronutrients- Q and A
Lowering your Surcharges to a
local P.O.T.W. or municipality
Beneficial Reuse- A new way to optimize your plant
Solids Handling Alternatives- Biosolids Land Application as opposed to
Landfills
Algae Problems and Solutions
Wild
Weather impacts on your plant
Fall Turnover
Wastewater in the Fall- Problems and Solutions
Lagoon Wastewater issues in the
Winter
How important are Nutrients
Are you overdosing nutrients?
Digestors-Troubleshooting
Tankers and Septic Haulers
Filamentous
bulking vs. Zoogleal bulking
What is growing in your Collection System?
Equalization
tanks and Wetwells
Wastewater in the
Winter- Cold Weather Problems and Solutions
Biological Nutrient Removal
Aquafarming
wastewater troubleshooting and tips
Septicity and
Grease- impact on the wastewater treatment plant
Toxic
Dumps-Illegal Meth labs
Boiler
and Cooling Tower Blowdown
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March 2005
April 2005 Micronutrients and
Spring Turnover
August 2006
Operators Tools and Troubleshooting
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